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BUTTON FASTENING.

No.269-,302. Patented De0.19,'1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MAEDEL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,302, dated December 19, 1882.

I Application filed November 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BERNHARD MAEDEL, of Kansas Gity,Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain Improvements in Fastenings for Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a. lock or fastening whereby to secure buttons and other articles to fabrics or garments, the same being constructed, as fully described hereinafter, so as to permit the ready attachment of the button without the use of complex or unusual appliances.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 3 are plans of my improved fastening device, showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 2 is an edge view, the fabric being in section. Fig. 4 is a plan of the fastening-disk; Fig. 5, the same with one ear bent out. Fig. 6 is a View of the fastening-bolt. Fig. 7 is a plan showing a modification, and Fig. 8 is an edge view of Fig. 7.

A is a disk of metal. B is a pin constituting the bolt of the button lock or fastener. .O is the button. 0 is the eye of the button. D is a hole for the end of the bolt; E, the slot in the disk through which the eye of the button passes, and L L are ears upon the disk.

The eye 0 of the button is passed through the fabric or garment, and through the slot in the disk, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and the bolt B is passed through the eye a. The cars L L are then turned down upon the bolt, as shown,

thereby preventing any movement of the bolt and retaining it securely in the eye of the button, which is thus held to the fabric or garment.

In Figs. 1 to 6 the bolt is shown as being of an L shape, pivoted at one end in the hole D. This retains it in connection with the disk. It may, however, be a separate bar of metal passed through the eye and held by the ears, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8-.

It will readily be seen that this simple button-fastener may be quickly applied without the aid of any special tools or appliances, and may be used in securing ordinary buttons or other articles of like nature provided with the usual eyes.

1. A button-fastener or button-lock consisting of a disk, A, having a slot, E, and ears L L, and a bolt, B, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the button having an eye, 0, adapted to extend through the fabric, with a disk, a, having a slot, E and ears L L, and a bolt, B, pivoted at one end to the disk, and adapted to extend through the eye of the button and be fastened by the ears L L, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BERNHARD MAEDEL.

Witnesses:

J. MONROE GUETT, O. LAMBADER. 

